Women & Practice in Today's World: Lama Tsultrim Allione and Lion's Roar

Nov 7, 2023

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In this episode, Lama Tsultrim Allione sits down with Andrea Miller at The Lion's Roar Podcast to reflect on women in Buddhism today.

Lama Tsultrim discusses various dimensions of the sacred feminine and the interconnectedness of women and practice. She shares personal insight into the unique challenges that women face today.

Lion's Roar magazine celebrated their 30th anniversary this year, and in celebration interviewed various women teachers and scholars in the Buddhist world. Hear Lama Tsultrim Allione’s entire interview here.

BIO: Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom (1984), Feeding Your Demons (2008), and Wisdom Rising - Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (2018). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.